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The Reality of Marquette’s NCAA Tournament Chances

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After a heartless second half effort in a crucial game against St. John’s on Tuesday, Marquette now finds itself in desperation mode regarding their 2011 NCAA Tournament hopes.  At 6-7 in Big East play with five regular season games remaining, history tells us the margin of error is incredibly slim if the Golden Eagles hope to hear their name called on Selection Sunday. By: … [Read more...] about The Reality of Marquette’s NCAA Tournament Chances

Plan to Form a New Great Midwest College Basketball Conference

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The Big East conference has too many college basketball teams. In an ideal situation, each team in a conference plays each other twice, home and away. They can’t: too many teams! If they did this, each school would have to play 30 conference games! Ok, then let’s try this: split the Big East into two divisions of eight and play the other seven schools in your division … [Read more...] about Plan to Form a New Great Midwest College Basketball Conference

Louisville’s Rick Pitino gets Coaching “Pantsed” at Notre Dame

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There's only one way to describe what happened to the Louisville Cardinals, and their coach Rick Pitino- a college basketball coaching version of getting "pantsed." You've heard of the term "half-time adjustments," well what about overtime adjustments. Pitino and Notre Dame's Mike Brey traded blows for 40 minutes last night, tied at 74 heading to regulation. Then UL just got … [Read more...] about Louisville’s Rick Pitino gets Coaching “Pantsed” at Notre Dame

Top 5 Big East Arenas with Soullessly Corporate Names

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The Big East may be the best conference in all of college basketball, but wow do they have some TERRIBLE  names among their collection of home venues. The super-conference is comprised of 16 teams, and many of them play in arenas with names so blandly and offensively corporate, they make the names of many of the college football bowl games sound romantic and wholesome. … [Read more...] about Top 5 Big East Arenas with Soullessly Corporate Names

#15 Louisville falls at #7 Notre Dame in Overtime

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High scoring. Good Shooting. An overtime session dominated by the home team in an extremely spirited venue- this was Big East college basketball at it's finest. #14 Louisville tied #7 Notre Dame at 74 when two halves were concluded. However, Irish eyes perked wide open in the extra session, as ND owned the extra five minutes with a 14-0 run. UL didn't even score in overtime … [Read more...] about #15 Louisville falls at #7 Notre Dame in Overtime

#8 Notre Dame Beats DePaul, Wins Battle of Chicago Big East Teams

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It's been ten days since Notre Dame last played a college basketball game. And it was big; the biggest one in Mike Brey's career. The Fighting Irish defeated then #2 Pittsburgh at their building, to assume second place (tied with Louisville) in the toughest conference in the nation. Aside from a couple missed dunks here, and a blown chippy there, the Irish did not look rusty … [Read more...] about #8 Notre Dame Beats DePaul, Wins Battle of Chicago Big East Teams

Big East Basketball Power Rankings (2/1/11)

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Have you seen the Big East standings lately?  It is messier than .  After 8-1 Pitt, nine teams have between two and four losses and that does not include a St. John’s team that just beat Duke by 15.  No wonder why you keep hearing about 11 Big East teams having a chance to make the NCAA Tournament.  Here are my latest Big East Power Rankings. By: David Kay … [Read more...] about Big East Basketball Power Rankings (2/1/11)